Uganda faces major challenges in providing quality and accessible basic education to children. Today, around 4 out of 10 young children aged 3 to 5 years attend early childhood education, showing marked progress from 2011 that saw 2 out of 10 children enrolled. Similarly, 8 out of 10 children aged 6 to12 years attend primary school and more than 1 in 4 attend secondary school.

Child marriage, teenage pregnancy, abuse at schools and school fees keep many children, especially girls, out of schools. Costs associated with education account for 6 out of 10 people leaving school, and pregnancy accounts for 8 per cent of girls who left school.  Similar challenges remain in the quality of education: only about 50 per cent of the children in Primary 3 were proficient in literacy and numeracy in a 2018 survey conducted by the Government.

Therefore, our aim is to ensure that boys and girls especially the vulnerable ones, access quality pre-primary education through formal and non-formal learning centers.